Dead Cells gets new distillery biome in free Barrels of Fun update

Just when you think developer Motion Twin must surely be slowing down work on its wonderful action-platform rogue-like Dead Cells, along comes another massive free post-launch update - the 20th, for those counting - to prove you wrong. And this time it's the Barrels of Fun update, adding a new biome, new enemies, and more.

Dead Cells' new biome is flagship addition and it arrives in the form of The Derelict Distillery - a barrel-and-bottle-strewn area that serves as an alternative path to High Peak Castle and is intended to "add more spice to the late-game", according to Motion Twin in its Steam post.

A new biome, of course, means new enemies, and the Barrels of Fun introduces two new foes unique to the distillery. There's a mimic that hides among the level's barrels, who's "not the toughest mob out there, but they have a pretty devastating self-destruct which can catch you out if you're not careful." Adventurers will also encounter a brute of a new opponent that tosses explosive barrels from afar, or just slams one down in close quarters if should they be in reaching distance.

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